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$ ps -ef | rg swift
  501  9986     1   0  4Sep20 ??         0:00.00 (repl_swift)
  501 10019     1   0  4Sep20 ??         0:00.00 (repl_swift)
  501 12537     1   0  4Sep20 ??         0:00.00 (repl_swift)
  501 12420     1   0  4Sep20 ttys003    0:00.00 (repl_swift)
  501 13317     1   0  4Sep20 ttys006    0:00.00 (repl_swift)
  501 13466     1   0  4Sep20 ttys006    0:00.00 (repl_swift)
  501 13481     1   0  4Sep20 ttys006    0:00.00 (repl_swift)
  ...
$ ps -xo pid,ppid,stat,command | rg swift
 9986     1 Z    (repl_swift)
10019     1 Z    (repl_swift)
12537     1 Z    (repl_swift)
12420     1 Z    (repl_swift)
13317     1 Z    (repl_swift)
13466     1 Z    (repl_swift)
13481     1 Z    (repl_swift)
...
$ ps -p 1
  PID TTY           TIME CMD
    1 ??        12:33.42 /sbin/launchd

https://superuser.com/questions/390552/how-to-kill-a-zombie-process-on-a-mac

Sadly, it seems you have to live with zombies.

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